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Posted 2/4/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
How States are Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Overview Webinar Presentation and Materials
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
This report presents information about Medicaid coverage of medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol dependence. It covers treatment effectiveness and cost effectiveness. The report also offers examples of innovative approaches in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
Posted 6/15/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
Trends in HIV Prevention and Care Webinar took place on June 4, 2020. Click for the presentation and recording.
Posted 5/19/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
In 2016, the United States Congress authorized and appropriated funding to fight the opioid epidemic through the Department of Health and Human Services . Among other initiatives, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) gave the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration authority and support to implement new grant programs focused on preventing overdose and treating individuals with OUD.
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 9/2/2021)
Basic overview of substance use as a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
This brief, made possible by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, highlights key features of approved health home models in Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont that are tailored to individuals with opioid dependency.
Posted 7/13/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
The Facts About Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Addiction is available in many languages, including Spanish.
Posted 5/18/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
Overreliance on opioid medications is emblematic of a health care system that incentivizes quick, simplistic answers to complex physical and mental health needs.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
This webinar highlighted national trends and best practices in medication-based treatment for opioid use disorder in corrections. Participants provided an important perspective on efforts to provide the standard of care for people with opioid use disorder.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
This report provides recommendations for actions that state and local leaders can take immediately to increase evidence-based practices, decrease arbitrary determinations, and prevent overdose deaths. The report also provides concrete steps that will, in the longterm, help dismantle a siloed system of unequal access and disparities and move towards an integrated system that promotes restorative justice, where people and families are treated with dignity, and where addiction is treated as a health and wellness matter rather than one of moral failing or criminality.